Retrievals of vertical profiles of ice cloud microphysics from radar and IR measurements using tuned regressions between reflectivity and cloud parameters

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D14, 1999, Pages 16741-16753

  Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c R/E/ET6 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADAR; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 0033436308     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900244     Document Type: Article

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